A Tacoma apartment building was evacuated early Friday after a chimney blockage in the boiler room spewed high levels of carbon monoxide and natural gas into the building, fire officials and witnesses said.

Former Seahawk quarterback Jon Kitna will earn $53,000 to serve as the Cowboys' third-string quarterback for one week - and he plans to donate that money to Lincoln High School in Tacoma where he's now the head football coach.

A U.S. Army soldier is doing battle with his country fighting to get his wife allowed back into the United States. She left for a time to go back to her native Canada and wasn't allowed to get back across the border to be with her husband.

Frigid temperatures and the threat of snow have kept people in Western Washington pretty busy lately, including the staff at several local zoos - whose job it is to make sure dozens of animals and their exhibits remain comfortable and safe during inclement weather.